I was visiting Qualicum Beach this weekend and someone put this rock down on the beach path. It put a smile on my face. Thank-you – whoever you are!
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View from my terrace
We had our first snow fall in the City last night. I woke up to extreme quiet and looked outside to a winter wonderland. It is unusual for us to have snow this early in the season if at all downtown……so if this keeps up we will have fantastic ski conditions in Whistler!
Have a wonderful weekend wherever you are.
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
A favourite picture and a favourite poem of mine that I am linking together
to wish you all a Happy Weekend.
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever
From John Keats' epic poem, Endymion, 1818:
Picture from Makanyane Safari Lodge, South Africa
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"Never underestimate the power of great natural beauty to bring you inspiration, peace of mind, and clarity of thought.
In nature, you find yourself." Wayne Dyer
Wishing you a Happy Weekend
Top 2 photos Eric Piasecki, Bottom Left unknown, Bottom Right Kjersti Berg
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This Concrete Pod by Architect Kazuya Morita is a piece of Sculptural beauty. Just think of all the different applications for this amazing piece.........
"Concrete-pod" is micro-space furniture for private and public use made of extremely thin concrete. In the dome, because of its minimal scale, it makes us more sensitive and relax perhaps like when we are in a traditional tea-house CHA-SITSU. It was exhibited in "Concrete Art Museum 2005" in Nagoya, Japan.
"Concrete-pod" is made from fiber reinforced concrete, which is the mixture of white cement and light-weight aggregate and glass fiber. By application of Japanese traditional plasterer's skill SAKAN, it was plastered on the dome-shaped mould by a trowel. After hardening, the mould of Styrofoam was dismantled and removed.
The diameter and the height of "Concrete-pod" is 1700mm each, thickness of shell is 15mm only. A minor axis of a hen's egg is about 40mm and thickness is 400 micron, so it means this concrete-shell is just like an expansion of a hen's eggshell. Though it's "hen's egg thin", "Concrete-pod" has the enough strength that a grown-up man can climb up. Even when you are in the "Concrete-pod" which is tenderly covered by the concrete-shell, you can feel the outside environment through the number of the holes, so it makes us feel indoor and outdoor at the same time, and takes us to the sensitive feeling and deep relaxation in the nature.
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When I have had a busy week, like I have this past one, I love to spend the weekend recharging my batteries. There are several things that do it for me and the one that fits for this weekend it to spend some time outdoors around trees. A walk in the park in the sunshine!!! What is your favorite thing to do this weekend?
Dreaming Days Photos by Kjersti-Berg
1970 born in Stjordal, Norway
Lives and works in Trondheim, Norway
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Prescription for Bliss: The Dog, the Cat and the Rat
I couldn't resist sharing this wonderful video clip with you...the moral of the story to me is: Why can't we all just be friends. Here's to World Peace!!
This is a video of one of the homeless in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. They are a family. The man who owns them rigged a harness up for his cat so she wouldn't have to walk so much (like the dog and himself). At some juncture the rat came along, and as no one wanted to eat anyone else, the rat started riding with the cat and, often, on the cat! The dog, will stand all day and let you talk to him and admire him for a few chin scratches. The Mayor of Santa Barbara filmed this clip and sent it out as a Christmas card.
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This weekend I am dreaming of GREEN. I am craving Green. It has rained all week. Maybe by resting my eyes on beautiful images of green I will absorb some of it by osmosis. It's worth a try. Ferns and more ferns in these pictures. The color green signifies growth, renewal & health. I like the simplicity of the above arrangements - clear glass and light, airy, deepest green ferns & leaves arranged with perfection........have a great weekend!!!
Top photo Eric Piasecki Photography
Middle & Bottom photo Michael Van Valkenburgh Landscape Architects
I love the roll up garage style door. I want a project to design that I can incorporate a door like this.
Go ahead and have a little fun this weekend and indulge yourself in a little temptation.....sleep-in, have that favourite dessert and/or glass of really good French wine, get a massage or give a massage, have a bubble bath, how about that new pair of shoes you have been dreaming about (the new Tory Burch 'Randy" flat), have your make-up done, plan your next vacation, make a wonderful pancake breakfast on Sunday morning, indulge in catching up on reading your favourite magazines, call a friend you haven't talked to in awhile, tell your Mom you love her.......have a great indulgent weekend!!!!!
